As the country reels under the sheer number of cases of child sexual abuse and brutal sexual attacks on little children, it bears repeating that ...
11:35 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Goa, south India. A beautiful holiday hideaway where hippies and backpackers while away the hours. But beneath the clear blue skies lies a dirty secret. Simran Singh is desperate for a break and some time away from her busy job as a social worker-come-crime investigator. And so the unspoilt idyll of Goa seems just the place - white beaches, blue seas and no crime. But when a disturbing video appears...
04:57 PM, Apr 26, 2013
New Delhi: Terming himself innocent, an accused in the December 16 gang rape Thursday moved an application before the fast track court seeking permission to undergo a lie detector test. Additional Sessions Judge Yogesh Khanna asked the Delhi Police to file its reply on the plea of Vinay Sharma, one of the six accused in the case. Saying Sharma has been falsely implicated in the case, his counsel told the...
01:47 AM, Apr 26, 2013
Can electoral and police reforms bring about change in state of women's safety in India? Dr Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and now a prominent social activist, shared her perspective in an interaction with IBNLive readers. Q. Just a few days ago when a conference on police reforms and public order was called by Union Home Minister, only 7 Chief Ministers chose to attend with the big names of Narendra...
07:13 PM, Apr 22, 2013
The user, who alleged that he was arrested for approaching a woman for a date, has set a debate going on the other side of the sexual harassment story that no one talks about. ...
04:25 PM, Mar 08, 2013
US President Barack Obama has signed into law the new Violence Against Women Act, which he termed "very important" and representing the positive progress of the country. "One of the great legacies of this law is that it didn't just change the rules; it changed our culture. It empowered people to start speaking out. It made it okay for us, as a society, to talk about domestic abuse," Obama said...
10:04 AM, Mar 08, 2013
Amidst a debate in India over capital punishment for rapists, the granddaughter of Mahatma Gandhi on Monday said the death sentence is not the solution to end violence against women and the society needs to promote gender consciousness. "Capital punishment itself will not change the attitude towards gender, nor (the) Anna Hazare-led stir on bringing a law against corruption alone will change the system," Ela Gandhi, a former South African...
03:02 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Tamil Nadu has become the first state to issue tough measures to deal with crimes against women after the horrific Delhi gangrape shocked the nation. In a statement, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has asked for existing laws to be amended to allow for chemical castration and death to rapists. She has promised fast-track Mahila courts as well and an exclusive helpline. Police in civilian clothing will be deployed at places...
11:26 AM, Jan 01, 2013
The horrific December 16 Delhi gangrape case led to well-known film personalities taking to the streets in protest. However, it once again ignited the debate of whether the portrayal of women in Indian films and advertisements were also in a way contributing to such heinous acts. ...
09:22 AM, Jan 01, 2013
And in a rapidly modernising India, where women have started to break free from their traditional shackles, regressive themes in films that include subjugation of women provide men with moral reinforcement to perpetuate gender stereotypes and sanction acts of domestic violence. ...
10:31 AM, Dec 31, 2012
Gangraped, tortured, harassed by the accused and the police, a 17-year-old girl in Patiala, Punjab, was driven to suicide by an uncaring criminal justice system. She was repeatedly summoned by policemen and asked to describe details of the rape. "They repeatedly insulted us and asked uncomfortable questions," said victim's mother. ...
09:06 AM, Dec 31, 2012
India witnesses unprecedented protests in the capital and across the country over the most horrific gangrape and brutal assault of a young medical student aboard a private bus in Delhi. ...
11:31 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Stressing the need for better provisions to ensure speedy trial in cases of rape and terrorism, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said there cannot be street trials of perpetrators as it is against the basic principles of Constitution. Khurshid's remarks came after a wave of protests that have rocked the country, especially the national capital following a horrific gang rape of a 23 year old paramedical student last...
10:32 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Protesters at India Gate demanded justice for the 23-year-old physiotherapist who remains critical. ...
09:05 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Expressing shock at the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old physiotherapist in a moving bus in the capital, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde assured that the government would file a chargesheet in the case soon and appealed to the people to maintain calm. ...
08:21 PM, Dec 22, 2012
As thousands of protesters gathered at India Gate and marched towards Rashtrapati Bhawan atop Raisina Hill on Saturday, the police were forced to fire teargas shells and use water cannons against them. The protesters have been demanding justice for the 23-year-old victim of the brutal gangrape and vicious physical assault in a moving bus by a group of men. ...
07:24 PM, Dec 22, 2012
A group of doctors protesting at India Gate demanded that the government, if it cannot help, tell women 20 steps how not to get raped. ...
04:07 PM, Dec 21, 2012
Indian batsman and cancer survivor Yuvraj Singh on Thursday dedicated his man-of-the-match award to the victim of the horrific and brutal gangrape and assault in a private chartered bus in Delhi. Addressing the press, Yuvraj said that the whole Indian cricket team was concerned about the girl and had found the incident disturbing. He added that the whole team was praying for her. ...
08:09 AM, Dec 21, 2012
The 23-year-old physiotherapist, victim of a brutal gangrape and assault, is stable and conscious, the doctors attending to her said on Thursday. However, she is not completely out of danger yet, they added. The young woman continues to be on ventilator support and a serious infection in her abdomen and the amount of blood loss are among the primary concerns of the doctors. ...
07:10 AM, Dec 21, 2012
